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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 11 March 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Smith of Basildon.

Assistance to Communities

Westminster Hall debate on assistance to communities on a motion for the adjournment.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
507 c139-80WH 
Session
2009-10
Department
Cabinet Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Nick Hurd | 507 c171WH (Link to this contribution) That suggestion is an interesting idea, and the main point made by my hon. Friend is something that ...
William Cash | 507 c171WH (Link to this contribution) May I make a small suggestion? There was a time when the friendly societies and mutuals had a simila...
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Nick Hurd | 507 c171WH (Link to this contribution) I agree. The starting point is a determination that the role of the Government should be to make thi...
Colin Breed | 507 c171WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman. One simple way of doing that would be to ensure that there...
William Cash | 507 c167WH (Link to this contribution) I shall be grateful if the hon. Gentleman takes account of a point that I ought to have mentioned. T...
Colin Breed | 507 c164-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr. Illsley. During a lot of my time in this place, I hav...
Nick Hurd | 507 c169-71WH (Link to this contribution) I am still reeling from the shock, as I think I have just listened to a predictably excellent speech...
Colin Breed | 507 c167-9WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree. Many excellent, small charities are beavering away with relatively small sums, but...
Nick Hurd | 507 c172-3WH (Link to this contribution) I have mentioned Gift Aid, but there are specific considerations relating to making the process easi...
Tom Levitt | 507 c172WH (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman will return to the question of how to make life easier for these orga...
William Cash | 507 c163WH (Link to this contribution) I talked about a broken society as a whole. We have monumental problems in society today. I am far f...
Alun Michael | 507 c163WH (Link to this contribution) As we do not want to break the cross-party consensus, as the hon. Gentleman said, I shall put my poi...
William Cash | 507 c163-4WH (Link to this contribution) If the right hon. Gentleman is inviting me to criticise that Government, I shall do so with great ca...
William Cash | 507 c159-60WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Illsley. The matter we are discussing is so i...
Joan Walley | 507 c160WH (Link to this contribution) Would the hon. Gentleman agree with me, with regard to the role and origins of voluntary organisatio...
William Cash | 507 c160-3WH (Link to this contribution) I could not be more enthusiastic in following up the hon. Lady's intervention, not least because she...
Tom Levitt | 507 c163WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that there is accord across the Chamber on the points that the hon. Gentleman just made ab...
William Cash | 507 c155WH (Link to this contribution) I had direct experience of this matter when a new school was created in my constituency when I first...
Tom Levitt | 507 c155-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am not sure how the exempt charity status reflects on that matter. Labour has taken a different ro...
Adrian Bailey | 507 c157-9WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the comments that hon. Members have made, and it is a pleasure to sit under your chairmans...
William Cash | 507 c154-5WH (Link to this contribution) I am fascinated by the hon. Gentleman's excellent speech, but I ask him to consider this. The volunt...
Tom Levitt | 507 c155WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that fascinating intervention. I will read it carefully in Hansard tomorrow. The h...
Nick Hurd | 507 c154WH (Link to this contribution) I am more than happy to place on record my profound belief in the value of the voluntary sector's ad...
Tom Levitt | 507 c154WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to hear that. The hon. Gentleman will remember that the leader of his party, the right ...
Nick Hurd | 507 c154WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Tom Levitt | 507 c154WH (Link to this contribution) Briefly, in the hope that the hon. Gentleman will say yes to my question.
Alun Michael | 507 c149-50WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. Again, there is a tension between expediency and the delay ...
Tom Levitt | 507 c150-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Illsley, and to speak yet again alongside my ...
Alun Michael | 507 c148-9WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. If decisions are taken in breach of the Compact, it is...
Adrian Bailey | 507 c149WH (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a very important point. Does he also agree that one of the problems of sm...
Baroness Smith of Basildon | 507 c141-2WH (Link to this contribution) A number of organisations such as RE:generate do such work, which enables them to engage with the co...
Baroness Smith of Basildon | 507 c142-4WH (Link to this contribution) I see my right hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff, South and Penarth (Alun Michael) nodding vigorous...
Alun Michael | 507 c144-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a particular pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Illsley. You and I shared a fairly...
Nick Hurd | 507 c148WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his speech. He makes an important point about the Compact...
Baroness Smith of Basildon | 507 c175-7WH (Link to this contribution) With leave, Mr. Illsley, I should like to respond to some of the issues raised in the debate. I will...
Nick Hurd | 507 c174WH (Link to this contribution) Our instinct tells us that people are looking for the opportunity to invest significant capital for ...
William Cash | 507 c174WH (Link to this contribution) I am extremely interested in that suggestion. In a sense, it was what I was referring to. In the 19t...
Nick Hurd | 507 c173-4WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend touches on a fundamental point: accountability to whom. At the moment, as we know, lo...
William Cash | 507 c173WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that ensuring that he gets the accountability—to use that expression—right...
Baroness Smith of Basildon | 507 c177WH (Link to this contribution) It is difficult; the hon. Gentleman is right. How do we define social rather than political campaign...
Alun Michael | 507 c177WH (Link to this contribution) Surely, it is not that difficult. If an organisation has clear charitable objects, any campaigning m...
Baroness Smith of Basildon | 507 c177WH (Link to this contribution) Let me finish my point, and then I will happily give way. I am seeking to illustrate the fact that t...
William Cash | 507 c177WH (Link to this contribution) The phrase "political purposes", which is the test against which so much of this is defined, is itse...
Baroness Smith of Basildon | 507 c177-80WH (Link to this contribution) That is absolutely right. It is cause for concern when organisations are prevented from campaigning ...
Baroness Smith of Basildon | 507 c139-41WH (Link to this contribution) I was delighted to secure this Adjournment debate on assisting communities and third sector organisa...
Lembit Opik | 507 c141WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister who, in my judgment, is outstandingly effective and committed to the s...
Subjects
Charities Community development Bureaucracy Charitable donations Cooperatives Campaigns Finance Government assistance Vetting Social enterprises Voluntary work Citizens' advice bureaux
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